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I ditched my heavy dslr for a small Canon Ixus 130 camera. Better weight, better battery and the Samsung Galaxy S4 has a factory issue with focusing, so 'useless' as a camera.
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Weird. No problems with my S4
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It's a trade-off between convenience and features, isn't it? My last few road trips, I've taken an iPhone 4 and a cheap Samsung 11" Chromebook. The phone works great for phone (obviously), for street maps when walking, for quick emails, and as a decent-enough snapshot camera for a mediocre photographer such as myself. The screen is too small for anything more serious, so I have the Chromebook laptop for typing, watching videos, mapping out the next day's route, etc.
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+1 on the phone/ tablet combo. I do carry at least one camera but that's a hobby *
Biggest PITA is buying the things. My tablet is on its last legs. Battery lasts about 2 hours and you need to run the cleaner thing every hour. I can't face having to go through the specs and reviews or worst still having to talk to some Saturday morning sprog in some techno boutique.
* I explained my 60 year old film camera to two kids on the sea front at Scarborough. When I got to the bit about posting the film off and waiting a week they basically called me a liar
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Weird. No problems with my S4
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Yeah, some models do, some don't. Apparently you have to change the entire module. Could be done under warranty, but that is over. Anyway, be happy yours is fine!! It annoys me like crazy, every time you take a picture it focuses. . It is tacks sharp and bam, it flicks and a blur!
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